Director Li, sitting behind the monitors, heard Huo Wenye's guess and immediately turned to question the planner. "No one without a psychological disorder could write a script like this, right?!"
The planner looked a little guilty. "Director, didn't we want something exciting?"
"Your idea of excitement is dismemberment?! Please, can we do something classier?!" Director Li looked utterly disgusted.
The planner felt terribly wronged. "You haven't even seen the ending. How do you know it isn't classy?"
"You dare talk back?! You don't want your salary and bonus anymore?!" Director Li's eyes went wide.
The planner, "..."
Fine, fine, just keep threatening me?!
Wait until I learn the essence of things from the post-2000 generation!
I'll start reforming things with you!
"Not convinced, are you?!" Director Li picked up the thing in his hand.
The planner immediately clasped his hands in salute. "No, no, absolutely not!"
Director Li was about to say more when his assistant suddenly poked his head into the room. "Director Li, your wife called. She said this episode of the variety show is great, the case reconstruction feels incredibly real, and she loves this kind of detective mystery!"
"It's just..."
Director Li perked up. "Just what?!"
The assistant said, "She wants you to give Brother Chen and Brother Ye more screen time, then edit Xie Ran out!"
"How could we do that! Our variety show treats everyone equally. We never play favorites!" Director Li sat up straight with a righteous expression.
The assistant hesitated. "Your wife said that if you don't do it, she'll break your legs."
He was actually being a suck-up,
but he did not dare say it,
afraid Director Li would be embarrassed...
"That spendthrift woman!" Director Li darted his eyes around as he tried to salvage his dignity. "Who beats whom when